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The MPAA defines a home theater as any home with a television larger than 29" with stereo sound and at least two comfortable chairs, couch, or futon. Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown.

Does your living room qualify as a home theater? Well the Motion Picture Association of America wants you to pay up. You're killing the DVD industry by having a home theater and possibly inviting friends over. Why can't everyone just live a lonely and solitary lifestyle comforting themselves with cheezy Hollywood movies when they feel like escaping their miserable hermit-like existence? It would help the DVD industry.

Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman. "Ideally we expect each viewer to have their own copy of the DVD, but we realize that isn't always feasible. The registration fee is a fair compromise.

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The MPAA defines a home theater as any home with a television larger than 29" with stereo sound and at least two comfortable chairs, couch, or futon. Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown. Does your living room qualify as a home theater? Well the Motion Picture Association of America wants you to pay up. You're killing the DVD industry by having a home theater and possibly inviting friends over. Why can't everyone just live a lonely and solitary lifestyle comforting themselves with cheezy Hollywood movies when they feel like escaping their miserable hermit-like existence? It would help the DVD industry.
Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman. "Ideally we expect each viewer to have their own copy of the DVD, but we realize that isn't always feasible. The registration fee is a fair compromise.


http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=20803
Nope, I don't have a 27" stereo tv nor do I have at least two comfortable chairs, sofa's or futons. so no home theatre.

and I don't invite friends over to watch DVD's. :p

I'm safe.

Does your living room qualify as a home theater? Well the Motion Picture Association of America wants you to pay up. You're killing the DVD industry by having a home theater and possibly inviting friends over. Why can't everyone just live a lonely and solitary lifestyle comforting themselves with cheezy Hollywood movies when they feel like escaping their miserable hermit-like existence? It would help the DVD industry.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=20803

Three words:

Your source is a joke.

"Called "the world's greatest tech humour site" by The Register, BBspot creates entertainment for the geekier side of the world. BBspot produces a variety of features like fake news stories satirizing the tech and political worlds, the BBspot Mailbag which pokes fun at the Believers (people who believe our fake news) and much more."

But then I'm sure you already knew that, really. :)

Holy shit. Are you serious?

They couldn't even try to enforce that..

First time I've seen a DCD thread with no replies. (edit: that's how it was when I replied)

Sounds like somebody in teh Party wants more money. :rolleyes:

Three words:

Your source is a joke.



But then I'm sure you already knew that, really. :)

So microsoft hasn't purchased evil from Satan? Bush isn't installing "faith based firewalls" on the nation's computers? Damn. I've been getting all my news from there lately.

Three words:

Your source is a joke.

psst... that's 5 words...

:D

So microsoft hasn't purchased evil from Satan? Bush isn't installing "faith based firewalls" on the nation's computers? Damn. I've been getting all my news from there lately.

Those two articles could be true, actually...

psst... that's 5 words...

:D

Only if you assume I mean what comes after that comment...?

:)

Three words:

Your source is a joke.

Scary thing is that it's just stupid enough for the MPAA to actually consider it.

Scary thing is that it's just stupid enough for the MPAA to actually consider it.

I admit it, I was fooled. Nothing would surprise me anymore with them.

So microsoft hasn't purchased evil from Satan? Bush isn't installing "faith based firewalls" on the nation's computers? Damn. I've been getting all my news from there lately.

The second is stupid enough to actually be true.... :eek:

Three words:

Your source is a joke.



But then I'm sure you already knew that, really. :)

Just give it away why don't you:)

The MPAA defines a home theater as any home with a television larger than 29" with stereo sound and at least two comfortable chairs, couch, or futon. Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown.
This pathetic definition shall not stop me, for I shall put tacks in all my chairs! At last, VICTORY IS MINE!

So microsoft hasn't purchased evil from Satan? Bush isn't installing "faith based firewalls" on the nation's computers? Damn. I've been getting all my news from there lately.

is he now
then it must be true that Australia has nukes
and microsoft is Satan

and microsoft is Satansorry, Microsoft owns Satan, he didn't read the product agreement when he installed his Windows 2000 program.

Does your living room qualify as a home theater? Well the Motion Picture Association of America wants you to pay up. You're killing the DVD industry by having a home theater and possibly inviting friends over. Why can't everyone just live a lonely and solitary lifestyle comforting themselves with cheezy Hollywood movies when they feel like escaping their miserable hermit-like existence? It would help the DVD industry.



http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=20803

i can't believe america is going this far with the whole copyright thing. makes me glad i do not live there.

sorry, Microsoft owns Satan, he didn't read the product agreement when he installed his Windows 2000 program.

:eek:

The pastor at my old church writes sermons on Microsoft Word. :eek:

i can't believe america is going this far with the whole copyright thing. makes me glad i do not live there.

Makes me want to move back to the UK.

sorry, Microsoft owns Satan, he didn't read the product agreement when he installed his Windows 2000 program.

oh shit they got my soul then

Makes me want to move back to the UK.

what does?

What?

Who!?!?!

oh shit they got my soul then

*shakes head* Gotta read those agreements very carefully...


they are different you know.

what does?

The stupidity of the US government.

I love the people, hate its media, hate its government. Sadly it's another four years till I can vote so no "stick around and change it from within" crap. :(

*shakes head* Gotta read those agreements very carefully...


they are different you know.

I sold my soul to Microsoft Word so I could be a writer. :(

*shakes head* Gotta read those agreements very carefully...


they are different you know.

so true
wait iam NS married that mean my wife gets it

The stupidity of the US government.

I love the people, hate its media, hate its government. Sadly it's another four years till I can vote so no "stick around and change it from within" crap. :(yep... yours is a "stick around and then get the power to change it from within." ;)

I sold my soul to Microsoft Word so I could be a writer. :(
... so WRITE! Muhahahahahahahahaha!

I sold my soul to Microsoft Word so I could be a writer. :(

well, then steal it back.

yep... yours is a "stick around and then get the power to change it from within." ;) :(


... so WRITE! Muhahahahahahahahaha! :) Hey, it is America, I can always buy me another soul! :D

well, then steal it back.

:p

:(


:) Hey, it is America, I can always buy me another soul! :D

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